Nozzle appliance.



J. P. MORAN & J. J. MAHAN.

NOZZLE APPLIANCE. I APPLICATION FILED 0612a, 1909. nmwnwnn APR. 19, 1912.

1,045,051 Patented Nov. 1 9, 1912.

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JOHN F. MORAN AND JAMES J. MAI-IAN, 0F JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY; SAID MAHAN ASSIGNOR TO SAID MORAN.

NOZZLE APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

Application filed October 26, 1909, Serial No. 524,723. Renewed April 19, 1912. Serial No. 691,831.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN F. MORAN and JAMES J. MAHAN, both citizens of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Noz'zle Appliances; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in nozzle appliances intended to be applied to the nozzle of a faucet, or the discharge opening of any water pipe, and to impregnate the water flowing through the same with medicinal or other soluble material.

Our invention is especially intended to provide an apparatus for attachmentto "the faucet of a bath tub, and to impregnate the water flowing through the same with salt, preferably sea salt secured from the evaporation of sea water.

Our invention will be understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which the same parts are indicated by the same-letters throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing the entire apparatus as adapted to be ap- Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on a larger, scale, showing the holder for holding the soluble" material. Fig. 3 is a detail showing one of the coupling devices for connecting the two parts of the holder together. Fig. 4 is a detail showing in section one of the lugs stamped out of the upper member of the holder, said section being along the line 44, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 shows a plan view of the groove stamped out of the lower member of the holder. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the upper screen or sieve, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the lower screen or sieve.

The holder is composed of two members A and B, fitting snugly within each other, and forming a closed vessel. The lower cup A carries a sieve C, with wire meshes 0 spanning the ring 0, which ring is sprung into the groove a, stamped out of the cup A, as shown in Fig. 2. The upper member B, forming the top for the cup A, has a similar screen D, with a ring (if sprung into the groove 1) in the upper member B, and in the center of the sieved a scattering plate d is provided to scatter the water as it flows down into the holder, and prevent it from washing through the center of the soluble material in the holder. The top of the cap B is shaped as at b to receive a rubber hose F, the upper end of which F is constructed to slip over and hold firmly on the faucet, not shown. The lower end of the cup A is preferably corrugated, as at a, to engage the rubber hose G, to the outer end of which is attached a spray or other device H, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be obvious that a douche, or other spraying apparatus, may be substituted for that indicated in Fig. 1.

In order to form a simple, cheap and water-tight joint between the two members A and B, we provide the arrangement shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5, in which b represents an annular shoulder near the bottom of the cap B. Below this shoulder, a plurality of lugs 12 are stamped out of the cap, which are adapted to engage in cam grooves a stamped out of the cup. The upper wall of the groove a is preferably inclined, as at a acting as a cam to wedge the lugs b down and compress the rubber or leather gasket I between the upper edge a of the cup and the annular shoulder b" of the cap. By this construction, the cap may be readily removed and fresh soluble material inserted in the cup, and the cap may be readily put back in place, and locked water-tight on its seat.

E represents the salt, or other soluble material placed in the cup A.

While this device is especially intended to provide salt-water attachments for. fresh water bath tubs, it may be used with soluble material of any kind where it is desired to impregnate the water more or less with such soluble material.

Various modifications might be made in into said groove, means for locking said said cap to a faucet, and meanslfor carrycap water-tight to said 011p, comprising a ing of]? the water flowing through the cup, plurality of lugs stamped out of said cap, substantially as described.

and a plurality of downwardly inclined cam In testimony whereof, we afiix' our signalo 5 groovesd stampsd in sbaid cupd,l 1a shoulger tures, in presence of two witnesses.

stampe in sai cap a ove sai u s, an a p gasket mounted on said cap betv een said lugs and said shoulder, and adapted to be compressed between said shoulder and. the Witnesses:

10 rim of said cup under the camming action of G120. J. STILLM N;

said lugs and grooves, means for connecting THOMAS GOLDEN. 

